Abstract: A one-component moisture curing composition and a method for sealing construction joints against penetration of water. The one-component moisture curing composition includes at least one isocyanate-functional polyurethane polymer, at least one inorganic swelling agent selected from the group including aluminum sulfate and magnesium sulfate, and at least one hydrophilic aldimine of formula (I).

Abstract: An amine functional compound comprising i. least one segment consisting of at least one ether unit E and at least one ester unit, wherein the ether units and ester units are connected by an ether link or by an ester link, and wherein the sum of the number of ether units and ester units is at least three, and wherein the ether units and ester units are arranged in random order, and ii. at least one amine group ii. selected from a tertiary amine group, a salt of a tertiary amine group and a quaternary ammonium group, wherein the at least one segment is covalently linked to a polymerization starter moiety comprising the at least one amine group ii.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composition comprising i) 10-90 wt. % of an ethylenically unsaturated component (A), ii) 10-90 wt. % of a component (B) having urethane and/or urea groups, iii) 0-4 wt. % of an organic component (C) which is different from components (A) and (B), and iv) 0-9 wt. % of other ingredients (D) wherein the wt. % are calculated on the total weight of the composition, wherein the sum of the wt. % of component (A) and the wt. % of component (B) is 91-100 wt.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are coated articles comprising a substrate having at least one surface, and a coating composition disposed in a substantially continuous layer on at least one surface of the substrate, wherein the coating composition is present in an amount sufficient to increase the oxygen barrier property of the substrate, and the coating composition comprises a polysaccharide derivative. The polysaccharide derivative can comprise a poly alpha-1,3-glucan ether compound, such as a quaternary ammonium alpha-1,3-glucan ether. Also disclosed is packaging comprising the coated article.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to novel functionalized vegetable oils, a method of making the oils, their use in rubber compositions, and their use in tires.

Abstract: The present invention provides certain aqueous plastic modifying compositions for use in the preparation of plastic forming mixtures used in the preparation and processing of polyethylene, polypropylene and polystyrene plastic products. The aqueous plastic modifying compositions provide certain plastic processing advantages and distinct final plastic product characteristics. The present invention further provides carbonate enhancing composition useful for preparing enhanced carbonate compositions, also of the present invention.

Abstract: There is described an aqueous coating composition, the aqueous coating composition comprising an acrylic polyester resin, obtainable by grafting an acrylic polymer and a polyester material, the polyester material being obtainable by polymerizing: (i) a polyacid component, with (ii) a polyol component. At least one of the polyacid component and/or the polyol component comprises a functional monomer operable to impart functionality on to the polyester resin, such that an acrylic polymer may be grafted with the polyester material via the use of said functionality.

Abstract: Metal catalysts employed in the preparation of organyloxysilyl-functional, moisture curable polymers, are deactivated by cheating with specific chelating agents. Compositions containing the polymers exhibit improved storage stability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane obtainable or obtained by converting a polyisocyanate composition, a one chain extender, and a polyol composition, wherein the polyol composition comprises a polyol (P1) which has a molecular weight Mw in the range from 500 to 2000 g/mol and has at least one aromatic polyester block (B1), wherein the hard segment content in the thermoplastic polyurethane is <75%. The present invention further relates to a process for producing a shaped body comprising such a thermoplastic polyurethane, and to shaped bodies obtainable or obtained by a process of the invention.

Abstract: A fluorosulfonyl group-containing polymer having units represented by the following formula u1, a sulfonic acid group-containing polymer having fluorosulfonyl groups in the fluorosulfonyl group-containing polymer converted into sulfonic acid groups, its production method and its applications: wherein RF1 and RF2 are a C1-3 perfluoroalkylene group.

Abstract: The present technology provides a two-part curable urethane adhesive composition including: a main agent (A) containing a urethane prepolymer (a); and a curing agent (B) containing a compound having two or more active hydrogen groups per molecule (b); wherein the compound having active hydrogen groups (b) includes a tri- or higher functional polyol compound with a molecular weight of 1000 or less (b1); and one or both of the main agent (A) and the curing agent (B) further contain a terpene oligomer (x).

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic polyurethane obtainable or obtained by converting a polyisocyanate composition, a one chain extender, and a polyol composition, wherein the polyol composition comprises a polyol (P1) which has a molecular weight Mw in the range from 500 to 2000 g/mol and has at least one aromatic polyester block (B1), wherein the hard segment content in the thermoplastic polyurethane is <75%. The present invention further relates to a process for producing a shaped body comprising such a thermoplastic polyurethane, and to shaped bodies obtainable or obtained by a process of the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to polymer comprising structural units according to formula (I), R1—X—(C?O)—NH—R2—NH—(C?O)—O—POA-R3—(O—POA-R4)n wherein R1 represents an organic group terminated by a hydrocarbyl group having 6 to 50 carbon atoms, X represents O or N—R5, wherein R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, R2 represents an aliphatic hydrocarbyl group having 4 to 40 carbon atoms, POA represents a polyoxyalkylene group, R3 represents an organic group having 2 to 40 carbon atoms, n is an integer from 1 to 6, R4 is independently selected from —(C?O)—NH—R2—NH—(C?O)—X—R1, —(C?O)—NH—R1, —R6, wherein R6 represents a hydrogen atom or an aliphatic or aromatic group having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, and wherein the polymer has an average of at least 1.8 end groups R1 per molecule, a number average molecular weight in the range of 2000 to 100000 Daltons, a polydispersity in the range of 1.0 to 5.0, wherein the quotient of the polydispersity divided by (n+1) is less than 1.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an additive for hydraulically setting compositions comprising a colloidally disperse preparation comprising at least one salt of a polyvalent metal cation with at least one organic phosphonate and/or phosphate compound as anion and at least one polymeric dispersant comprising anionic and/or anionogenic groups and polyether side chains. The additive is especially suitable as slump retainer and for improving early strength.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a “safety-by-design” method for the preparation of nanoparticles, to a method for the preparation of a nanocomposite material, and to the use of a direct liquid injection device so as to prepare nanoparticles or nanocomposite materials in a “safety-by-design” process.

Abstract: A solvent-based ink composition is provided that includes: an organic solvent; a surface-treated metal powder; and a polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphoric acid compound, the content of the polyoxyethylene alkyl ether phosphoric acid compound with respect to the total mass of an ink is 0.1 to 10.0 percent by mass, and the surface-treated metal powder contains aluminum or an aluminum alloy and is surface-treated by a surface treating agent of a fluorine-based compound.

Abstract: An ink composition includes resin particles, one or more surfactants, one or more water-soluble organic solvents, and a glycol ether, where: the surfactants include a fluorosurfactant having a predetermined structure and an HLB value determined by Griffin's method of 11 or less; the water-soluble organic solvents include one or more selected from the group consisting of glycerin, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol having a weight-average molecular weight of 10,000 or less, 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol, and diglycerol; and the glycol ether has a predetermined structure and an HLB value determined by Griffin's method of 11 or less.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin. More particularly, the present invention relates to a thermoplastic resin that is a graft copolymer having a seed-shell structure and includes a bimodal seed including a large-diameter rubbery polymer having an average particle diameter of greater than 2,000 ? and 3,500 ? or less and a small-diameter rubbery polymer having an average particle diameter of 500 ? to 2,000 ?; and an aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyan shell, wherein the aromatic vinyl cyan compound is included in an amount of 5% by weight to 28% by weight based on a total weight of the aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyan shell. In accordance with the present invention, a thermoplastic resin having a composition capable of improving graft density, and a thermoplastic resin composition capable of increasing dispersion and having high gloss due to inclusion of the thermoplastic resin are provided.

Abstract: Suggested is a urea urethane with improved rheological properties, obtainable or obtained according to a process encompassing or consisting of the following steps: (a) providing a monohydroxyl compound; (b) providing a diisocyanate compound; (c) reacting said monohydroxyl compound and said diisocyanate compound to form a pre-polymer; (d) reacting said pre-polymer with a diamine compound in the presence of a lithium salt, wherein said monohydroxyl compound and said diisocyanate compound are reacted in a molar ratio of 1:1.1 to 1:1.45.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pigment water dispersion that is excellent in dispersion stability, and also excellent in ejection properties even when used as an ink for ink-jet printing. The present invention relates to [1] a pigment water dispersion containing (A) a pigment, (B) a carboxy group-containing crosslinked polymer and (C) an alkyl group-containing ethanolamine having a pKa of not less than 8.